Saddened by loss of Cyclorama: PennLive letters

I am so saddened to read in the March 19 Patriot-News about the demolition of the Cyclorama. In my opinion, it was a big attraction for the Gettysburg history buffs. When they added the little lights to the mural showing the sites of the battles, it even made it more exciting to view this historical masterpiece, And, now it’s gone – how sad. To heck with the “fishhook” that it covers, and “connecting the dots”. How much better to use the $600,000 to repair this outstanding landmark?

How many visitors who view the site of the Cyclorama, which will be a large plot of ground now, as the area which was once the Union Army’s battlegrounds will remember it as such? The old Cyclorama was the perfect history lesson for Civil War history students. So sad indeed is its demise.